ATN Solar Car Team – our story

The Australian Technology Network (ATN) Solar Car Team brings together five of the most innovative and enterprising universities in the nation: QUT, University of Technology Sydney, RMIT University, University of South Australia and Curtin University. The ATN Solar Car Team is proud to be the first official entrant of the 2019 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge (BWSC).

Our team will be competing in the biennial event, which runs from 13 – 20 October, 2019. A true test of endurance, the BWSC has become the world’s foremost solar technology and advanced engineering challenge, with teams competing to create sustainable, innovative, solar powered electric vehicles, able to travel 3,000km from Darwin to Adelaide. We will be competing in the Cruiser Class, which seeks to deliver a real-world, practical, solar electric car. What better platform to demonstrate ATN’s commitment to partnerships and collaboration with industry and government to deliver practical results through real world research?

On our journey to the 2019 BWSC we’ll be collaborating with industry partners and ATN stakeholders to design and build a car that is competitive, practical and desirable.